“Mister Campfield, your ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill is truly a straw man,” says Takei, “So if we can’t say gay, we’ll just say Takei. So here’s an ‘It’s OK To Be Takei’ shirt to wear to help you grow a brain.”

Spike

I don’t understand why George would go on that clown Donald Trumps show.

And now he is supposedly going to have lunch with that idiot to discuss marriage
equality. Why George? Who cares what that fool’s opinion is regarding marriage
equality?

March 8, 2012 at 2:03pm

Skeloric

@Spike: I would say, “He is being an optimist.” I’m going to also opine that we offer a lot of the stick, yet forget to offer a carrot. There are “Gay Conservative” idiots out there that think we should only offer carrots and forget the stick. We, of course, know their opposition stems from how effective the stick truly is. Their opposition to the stick is merely one additional proof of how they truly are NOT champions of Equal Rights. In all of this though, the carrot can get lost. If Mr. Takei manages to successfully create another ally by use of the carrot he offers, it is all worth it. PLUS, such beautiful eloquence is also wonderful for others to see. Even if his target proves unreachable, there might be another out there who looks at Mr. Takei’s attempt to reach out, followed by the reaction and then realizes that maybe — just MAYBE — the Conservative viewpoint on Equal Rights is wrong. Doubt is good, it is their certainty that is the problem.